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masculine
/maniˈkomjo/
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Translation
psychiatric hospital
Word origin
From Greek mania ('madness') plus komein ('to care for, to tend'). The word names a place where such care was given; in modern Spanish it reads as dated, and hospital psiquiátrico is preferred.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- mania
- English cognates
- mania, maniac
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralmanicomios
Examples
convirtió .
The old psychiatric hospital became a museum.
, muchos .
In the past, many patients lived in the psychiatric hospital for years.
.
The psychiatric hospital building is near the river.
reforma .
The reform closed several psychiatric hospitals in the country.
enfermero .
He works as a nurse in a psychiatric hospital.
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